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Brighton goalie Christian Burkhart, right, punches the ball clear of the crowd during a Class A sectional semifinal against Spencerport played at Hilton High School, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. No. 3 seed Brighton advanced to the Class A final with a 1-0 win over No. 2 seed Spencerport. ADRIAN KRAUS

Spencerport's Justin Hockenberger, right, heads the ball while pressured from behind by Brighton's Theo Viggiani-Cole during a Class A sectional semifinal played at Hilton High School, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. No. 3 seed Brighton advanced to the Class A final with a 1-0 win over No. 2 seed Spencerport. ADRIAN KRAUS

Brighton's Caio De Medeiros, center, is mobbed by teammates after his game-winning goal against Spencerport during a Class A sectional semifinal played at Hilton High School, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. ADRIAN KRAUS

Spencerport's Andre Strezoski gets his head on the ball between Brighton's Lyosha Georas, left, and Sam O'Connor during a Class A sectional semifinal played at Hilton High School, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. ADRIAN KRAUS

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Churchville-Chili's Colby Egan (3) celebrates his goal with teammates during a Class A sectional semifinal against Wayne played at Hilton High School, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. No. 1 seed Churchville-Chili advanced to the Class A final with a 3-2 win over No. 4 seed Wayne.(Photo: ADRIAN KRAUS)Buy Photo

Another cold and windy night of soccer determined the two teams that will compete for the Section V Class A championship. Brighton beat Spencerport, 1-0, and Churchville-Chili edged Wayne, 3-2, in the semifinals Friday at Hilton High School.

Brighton, the No. 2 seed, will make its second consecutive appearance in the finals after getting there last year.

The Barons and Rangers battled in a physical game. Brighton got a look early Gabriel Barraclough-Tan took a shot from about 30 yards out.

"Watching a few of their games on film I knew they were physical," Brighton head coach Adam Hiller said of Spencerport. "We had a couple good opportunities in the first half. We just didn't score and I told them we are playing fine our goals will come."

It was clear early on it was going to be tough to get a shot off, let alone on target. Spencerport had its chances on corners but couldn't capitalize on the opportunities. Caio De Medeiros scored the lone goal with 10 minutes left.

"(De Medeiros) is great, one of the nicest kids in the world and he's funny," Hiller said. "He is a gamer and I'm glad he got the goal."

Hiller praised his seniors for the game they played and the team's overall effort for the win.

"Perseverance, we have about five or six seniors that were in the finals last year so they know what it takes," Hill said. "Seniors step up in opportunities like this,"

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Wayne's James Flannery, center, heads in a loose ball for a goal against Churchville-Chili during a Class A sectional semifinal played at Hilton High School, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. No. 1 seed Churchville-Chili advanced to the Class A final with a 3-2 win over No. 4 seed Wayne. ADRIAN KRAUS

Churchville-Chili's Colby Egan (3) celebrates his goal with teammates during a Class A sectional semifinal against Wayne played at Hilton High School, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. No. 1 seed Churchville-Chili advanced to the Class A final with a 3-2 win over No. 4 seed Wayne. ADRIAN KRAUS

Wayne's Carmen Piccirilli clears the ball over his head in front of Churchville-Chili's Henri Koch during a Class A sectional semifinal played at Hilton High School, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. ADRIAN KRAUS

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The second match of the night had more offensive firepower. Three goals were scored in the last 17 minutes of the first half. Churchville's Colby Egan opened the scoring on a rebound that Wayne's goalie just couldn't hang on to. Saints' captain Andrew Vannest added to the lead with a strike shortly after.

"I saw how the wall was lined up and my teammates came up to me and said if you're going to take this you will put it in the back of the net so I had it set," Vannest said. "Right after I kicked it I knew it was going in."

It only took Churchville 10 minutes in the second half to extend its lead back to two when Mario Cozzo had a highlight-reel goal to make it 3-1.

Wayne responded when Matthew Gentile took a corner kick and bent it in to make it 3-2.

After all that action the game settled down and ultimately Churchville closed out the win.

"I thought we played really well, I thought we were unlucky to not score five, maybe six," said Churchville head coach John Mahoney. "We prepared for physical play but at the same time I thought we played soccer. It was a great soccer game."

"I think our team did pretty well physically even though it wasn't our best, but mentally we played solid and we kept on encouraging each other and communicating," Vannest added.

Brighton will play Churchville at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Spencerport High School.